Excuse me?
No-one is suggesting the producers and writers have crystal balls, but when you appraise what storylines seem to then have gone on to occur in real life, you do at least raise a quizzical eyebrow and have a giggle at the idea of Homer Simpson being some sort of Mystic Meg.
Homer?
If you haven’t watched in a while, or indeed ever, the cartoon sitcom features a satirical depiction of American family life, starring buffoon-like father Homer, who works as a safety inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant; his housewife beloved Marge and their three children, troublemaking 10-year-old Bart, confident Lisa, 8, and baby Maggie. The show parodies American culture and the human condition.